WTH is Putin doing in Ukraine? AEI’s Chris Miller on Biden’s response as Eastern Europe teeters on the brink of war
What the Hell Is Going On
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4.4 • 633 Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2022
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
In what is arguably the most serious crisis in Eastern Europe since the end of the Cold War, Russia has positioned more than 100,000 troops along Ukraine’s border and has sparked fears of an invasion. With tensions at a high, the US and its allies have warned the Kremlin that any invasion will be met with “massive consequences” and “severe economic costs.” A new round of talks is set to begin in Paris this week, but Russia and the West have yet to find a diplomatic solution to the crisis.
Chris Miller joined Marc and Dany to discuss the Russian military mobilization at the Ukrainian border, a potential Russian invasion, Putin’s intentions in Ukraine, and how the US and its allies should respond.
Chris Miller is a Jeane Kirkpatrick Visiting Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he focuses on Russian foreign policy, politics, and economics; Russia and Ukraine; Russian-European relations; and Eurasia. He also focuses on semiconductors and the geopolitics of technology. Concurrently, Dr. Miller is assistant professor of international history at the Fletcher School at Tufts University and codirector of the school’s Russia and Eurasia Program. He is also the director of the Eurasia Program and a fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI).
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| 0:00.0 | What the hell's going on? |
| 0:01.7 | What the hell is going on? |
| 0:03.0 | What the hell is going on? |
| 0:04.1 | I don't know what the hell he's talking about. |
| 0:05.8 | You don't have to know what the hell is on it. |
| 0:07.7 | What hell's the matter with these guys? |
| 0:09.2 | We don't know what's going on. |
| 0:11.0 | What hell's going on? |
| 0:12.0 | Who in God's name knows what it's all about. Hi, I'm Danielle Pletka. |
| 0:27.7 | I'm Mark Thiessen. |
| 0:28.6 | Welcome to our podcast. |
| 0:29.6 | What the hell is going on? |
| 0:31.6 | Mark, what the hell is going on? |
| 0:32.6 | Well, first of all, a programming note, we have started a substack for the podcast. And so if you go to our |
| 0:38.8 | substack, there'll be a little description of the podcast, some highlights of it, the transcript, |
| 0:44.1 | but most importantly, what we're adding are show notes. So we do a lot of research for every podcast. |
| 0:48.7 | Our producer Jackson puts together amazing research. And if you want to do a deep dive into the |
| 0:53.2 | subject, not just listening |
| 0:54.5 | to what we say, but also going through the research that we read to prepare, we'll have the show notes there and links to all the articles that we read to get smart on this podcast. So you can get smart too. Danny, where do they go to get the substack? So what you're going to do is go to what the hell is going on, just like that one word. |
| 0:52.8 | Dot substack.com. |
| 0:55.5 | And again, as Mark said, we've been posting the transcript and highlights. I'm going to stop posting the transcript at the bottom and just give you guys a link, but we will start posting our show notes. And that way you'll really get a sense. It's like a Cliff Notes version of the podcast. If you're busy and hurry, it's got the highlights, it's got a little summary, and it's got all of the research that Jackson's done for us that we've read to inform us. So please do sign up, share it with your friends. Subscribe. Subscribe. Subscribe. Yes. Also, subscribe and rate us and all the rest of it and tell your friends to listen to the show. |
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